Lets get this party started...

[Derek]

I had my fair share of green ants in Brisbane, they get lots...Mango trees are shocking for them..I did the job removing all the "bowens" from the Queen st mall for the make over a few years ago..Mabey it was cause they where "city" ants, nowhere eles to go..but i was loaded with them..

All through your shirt, crawling up ya neck, tring to get them off with out taking off your muffs cause otherwise they will get in your ears...discusting smell to them aswell when you squash hundreds of them at once...

In saying that, i would gladley go back to them instead of what i have to deal with nowadays!

Now these little fellows hurt!!..

 

[MasterBlaster]

Today's fun job. Dead red oak, just barely climbable. No ball riding with this outfit. We really needed the 80, but had to settle for the 40.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Hey Mike M, ya think crane work is cake? I wish I coulda watched you do it! This bugger was fighting me all the way, but I won.

 

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[MasterBlaster]

Don't let that tricep skeer ya. I'm a nice guy.

 

[matthias]

We should start a treeclimber's calender. Butch's triceps get him on the front and he gets to pick his month. Proceeds go to the Get Butch a New Shirt Fund.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Yah Dan, it's an ohh66.

Kinda heavy!

Whut's wrong with my shirt? I go through at least 2 or 3 a day.

 

[matthias]

Sorry Butch they all look the same. I figured with all the wind being blown up your a$$ lately you could use a bit of teasing.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Originally posted by matthias
Sorry Butch they all look the same.

Yup, a white tee shirt. Thats 'ah my summer shirt!

And yah that wind iz getting windy.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I went back to this tree today to finish the TD. In this pic you can see the back side was still green, but since then it died. I was an easy TD with the 30.

 

[MasterBlaster]

No cameraman til the last picks.

 

[MasterBlaster]

 

[MasterBlaster]

TGIF!

 

[MasterBlaster]

 

[MasterBlaster]

Alright, ya'll can go back to politics now...

 

[Stumper]

Butch, I'm often surprised at the trees you are craning out.-Stuff that would get pieced out where I live. I'm not being critical-Doing those with a crane looks heaps easier. I'm just surprised that the $$ are there for a crane and a Gypoclimber.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Haha!

The dollars are there. Besides, what are you gonna do with the bigger logs and trunk? Slice and dice? I work with guys that do that, but this guy don't. The crane loads the big stuff, and it's done. Ya might as well get the most out of the minimum charge the crane commands. There was no clean-up on this job except for the big stuff. The total job was completed in under four hours, with a rookie crane operator.

 

[Derek]

Re: Haha!

Originally posted by MasterBlaster
The dollars are there. Besides, what are you gonna do with the bigger logs and trunk? Slice and dice? I work with guys that do that, but this guy don't. The crane loads the big stuff, and it's done. Ya might as well get the most out of the minimum charge the crane commands. There was no clean-up on this job except for the big stuff. The total job was completed in under four hours, with a rookie crane operator.

CONGRADULATIONS BUTCH!!! 8000 posts!!

And one of your longest yet.....

Good point on the clean up..I've often thought some of your jobs dident look crain worthy but dumping it in large peices make$ $ence too..

 

[a_lopa]

good work butch,i think the main reasons behind crane use are the $$$ from what ive seen qouted on AS for crane prices.its 4 hour minimum here from there depot and back $120 per hour for a standard 20tonner,ive never seen one of those terex truck mounted 17t or similar.good thing for me a freind has just gone on his own rigging/ steel fixing,i can feel cheap crane hire yer ha

 

[MasterBlaster]

I was an executionar today, I didn't mind this one too much...